NOURNEWS - Admiral Ali Shamkhani, who traveled to Tajikistan to participate in the fourth regional security dialogue, met with Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, to discuss bilateral, regional and international issues.
In this meeting, Admiral Shamkhani expressed satisfaction with the high level of consultations between the two countries at various levels and stressed the need to further strengthen cooperation between Iran and Russia in view of new developments in the international arena.
The Secretary of our Supreme National Security Council, referring to the extensive Western sanctions against Russia, said: "The Islamic Republic of Iran has been subject to sanctions for 43 years and has become a symbol of the ineffectiveness of sanctions to impose political will on independent countries."
Shamkhani stressed the need to establish strategic cooperation between Tehran and Moscow to face the US unilateralist policies, adding: "It seems that sanctions against Russia will not be lifted with the end of the war. Plan for the long term.
He considered the creation of a fundamental leap in economic interactions and relations between the two sides as one of the most important dimensions of relations and an accelerating factor in promoting other dimensions of cooperation, and said: "
Shamkhani said that the development of cooperation between the SCO member states and the provision of joint financial, banking and tariff mechanisms among the members of the organization is one of the important measures that can prevent the impact of illegal sanctions on economic and trade relations between the countries.
Explaining the West's efforts to entertain Russia in the Ukraine crisis, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council said: "Some countries are taking advantage of the Ukraine crisis to pursue expansionist plans in the region and Pursuing their ambitious goals is something that must be taken seriously.
Expressing concern over the situation in Afghanistan and the continuing insecure presence of various terrorist groups in the country, Shamkhani added: "The lack of an inclusive government in this country is one of the main reasons for the continuing instability and insecurity and increasing economic and livelihood pressures on the people."
In the end, Shamkhani said that closer and planned cooperation between the national security institutions of the two countries to provide the necessary conditions in the field of new economic, trade, financial and security relations, especially in the context of sanctions, is one of the requirements of the current situation. "We are continuing the meetings of the relevant officials of the two countries in Tehran and Moscow."
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